Jacques Groothaert

{{Short description|Belgian diplomat and entrepreneur (1922–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} Baron '''Jacques Groothaert''' (1922–2009) was a Belgian diplomat<ref>[http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/article/505691/un-diplomate-au-parler-franc.html Lalibre] retrieved 16 March 2011 (French)</ref> and entrepreneur. He was honorary chairman of the company ''SA Belge de Constructions Aeronautiques'' (SABCA), former Ambassador for Belgium to Mexico and China, and chairman of the Generale de Banque. He was a member of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank. In 1984 he founded, together with Lucien Le Lièvre, the American European Community Association (AECA) in Belgium.

== Bibliography == * Jacques Groothaert, ''The implications of 1992 for financial management'', The International Executive, Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 17 – 21 * Jacques Groothaert, ''L'Europe aux miroirs'', Editions Labor, 1996. * Jacques Groothaert, ''Le Passage du Témoin'', Editions Duculot RTBF, 1991

== References == {{reflist}} * [http://www.aeca.org/ American European Community Association]

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